In addition to the "pure" freight, there are various miscellaneous charges, some of which are charged by the shipowner, some are charged by the port of shipment/destination, and some are charged by the forwarder. In addition, many of the fees are not clear standard, very flexible. In addition to charges to the shipper, some charges will be charged to the consignee. This is easy to produce two traps: one is that some freight forwarders use more charges under false pretenses; the other is that freight forwarders adjust and transfer part of the costs between the consignee and the consignor.

Generally speaking, the shipper finds the forwarder, the shipper is the customer, the forwarder will try to keep the cost down to please the shipper, so less charge, and at the destination port to collect more money from the customer (consignee), robbing Peter to pay Paul, and vice versa. That's why if we use CIF for the same batch of goods, the cost will be lower if we find the forwarder by ourselves. And do FOB by the customer to designate the freight forwarder, RMB miscellaneous costs are much higher for the sake of.

Knowing these inside information, we understand that we should not be greedy for temporary cheap, thinking that the lower the price, the better. And we must determine the composition of the price in advance, to avoid some bad freight forwarders after shipment charges or transfer to customers, affecting our feelings and cooperation with customers.

First of all, we should have a certain understanding of the composition of freight and miscellaneous expenses, learn to distinguish "trade rules" charging items and arbitrary charges.

Common incidentals include:

1. ORC：OriginReceivingCharge起运港码头附加费； 
2. DDC：DestinationDeliveryCharge目的港提货费； 
3. THC：TerminalHandlingCharge码头操作（吊柜）费； 
4. BAF：BunkerAdjustedFactor燃油附加费，或称FAF（FuelAdjustedFactor）； 
5. CAF:CurrencyAdjustmentFactor货币贬值附加费； 
6. DOC：Document文件费； 
7. PSS：PeakSeasonSurcharge：旺季附加费； 
8. AMS：AmericaManifestSystem（美国舱单系统）。 

CIC charge is the abbreviation of container inbalance charge, which means "container inbalance charge" in Chinese. It is also translated as "equipment management fee". The main reasons for this CIC charge are as follows:

The seasonal changes of the cargo transportation of various liner routes in the world lead to the imbalance of cargo flow: in western countries, the beginning of the year is usually the off-season of cargo transportation, and the volume of cases gradually increases in April and May, and the volume of trade begins to increase, and it will lead to a small climax of trade increase before Christmas.

The trade volume of countries or regions at the two ends of the route is unbalanced: the goods exported from China and other East Asian countries to Europe are much more than the goods imported from Europe to China and other East Asian regions. Similar significant problems also exist in the Far East and North America route.

Differences in the types and nature of imported and exported goods, as well as differences in freight and handling charges, also cause the imbalance of imported and exported containers.

In fact, CIC expense is a third excessive expense after EBS expense. But at present, the export liners of our country are held in the hands of various shipping companies. After the inspection and donation after the inspection on shipping companies, in order to make greater profit, these shipping companies continue to add excessive fees and fees, while the exportation of our country are all in a vulnerable position, in this case, they have to accept unreasonable price adjustment by shipping companies.

Emerent Bunker Surchanges, which means emergency fuel surcharge in Chinese. This expense is generally due to the rising international crude oil price, which exceeds the shipowners' ability to bear. Therefore, shipowners increase the expense in order to reduce the cost loss when the market is relatively light and the sea freight cannot be increased.

How much does EBS usually charge? EBS is only a temporary surcharge, which will not last long in general, and EBS will charge different fees in different regions according to different periods.

Do I need to pay EBS fees for FOB? The answer is no, EBS is a surcharge of sea freight, which does not belong to the FOB local cost, so the customer does not need to pay the EBS fee when making the FOB. However, at present, some shipping companies cannot receive this fee from customers, so they transfer EBS to FOB customers. If customers encounter the shipping company or freight forwarder asking for EBS fee, they can try their best to negotiate with customers and ask them to bear this fee.

The LOCAL CHARGE includes the following points (the specific charge is only for reference and has no practical significance) :

Booking fee: Generally speaking, RMB290/20', RMB420/40'GP/HQ.

Customs clearance fee: RMB100-120/ copy (if there are N products in one batch, the total customs clearance fee will be 100N. In addition, if there are more than 5 product names, each additional 5 will be charged. We pay the customs broker RMB30/+5 product names).

THC: RMB370/20',RMB560/40'GP/40'HQ(to be paid to the port area dock).

Document fee: (Shipping company charges RMB115/BILL).

Operating fee: RMB150-200(usually available on delivery, but not in advance).

AMS: USD25/RMB210(US/Canada).

Tow card fee (specifically see where) : the other several periods of the suitcase period is exquisite. Generally, for 4 periods of pick-up (such as Yong **/ An **), RMB100/CONTAINER will be added; for 4 and 5 periods of wharf, RMB200/CONTAINER will be added.

LOCAL CHARGE is literally translated as "local charge". Generally, it refers to other expenses incurred in the "other country" except international air (sea) freight. Including: customs clearance fee, inspection and quarantine fee, document fee, security fee, storage fee, storage fee, to the door to pick up (delivery) of goods and other costs. But customs taxes and fees from the "other country" are generally not included.

In the commonly used terms of FOB and CIF, there is no LOCAL CHARGE for Chinese import and export enterprises generally.

CIF export, the LOCAL CHARGE is borne by the consignee of the other country.

Imported FOB, the LOCAL CHARGE is borne by the shipper in the other country.

Only goods involving door-to-door transport, such as door-to-door, port-to-door and door-to-port goods, will incur a LOCAL CHARGE.

Such as: import EXW, factory pick up. It is the importers of our country that bear the LOCAL CHARGE from the time when the goods are picked up by the manufacturers in other country to the time when the goods are shipped.

Export DDU or DDP and pay to the specified destination. The exporters of our country should bear all the LOCAL CHARGE from the goods arriving at each other's port to the consignee designated place.

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